Adam Fishbein (2024-10-30). October 2024 Jobs Preview: What to Expect. cepr.net The July job report — with its weak job growth and rise in the unemployment rate to 4.3 percent — had many analysts worried about the prospect of an imminent recession. The August job report provided a somewhat better picture, with 142,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticking down to 4.2 percent. The September report …

The Onion Staff (2024-10-30). SATIRE: Timothée Chalamet Crashes Own Lookalike Contest. theonion.com Actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own lookalike contest in Lower Manhattan, an event that drew hundreds of contestants, though Chalamet himself did not participate. What do you think?

NEOB (2024-10-30). SA must manage debt better, says Godongwana. sanews.gov.za SA must manage debt better, says Godongwana | Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has told Parliament that in order for government to achieve its goals of, amongst others, inclusive growth and reducing unemployment, the country must better manage its debt. | He was delivering the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), in which he revealed that government debt is anticipated to exceed R6.05 trillion, or 75.5 % of gross domestic product (GDP), in 2025/26. | "Debt has risen too fast and is too high. We know that our debt is unsustainable, because debt-service costs have become the largest component of our spendi…

Jack Khoury (2024-10-30). Israel's anti-UNRWA laws spark fresh fears among Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza. haaretz.com In the West Bank, concerns grow that the legislation could undermine the UN agency's ability to pay salaries, worsening already high poverty and unemployment rates. In Gaza, where the agency is the sole distributor of humanitarian aid, the law's impact could be even more severe…

The Independent (2024-10-30). Uganda Baati launches another phase of skilling program in Tororo. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati under the Safal Uganda Baati Foundation has launched the second phase of its Economic Empowerment Skilling Program targeting out-of-school youth in Tororo District. The initiative aims to address pressing social issues, including high youth unemployment and teenage pregnancies, by equipping young people with practical, employable skills. Following the …

newarab (2024-10-30). Activists demand Netflix reinstates Palestinian films. newarab.com Activist group CODEPINK is set to deliver a petition to Earlier this month, 19 films which were part of the "Palestinian Stories" collection on Netflix, were removed from the streaming giant's platform. | In a statement,…

aljazeera (2024-10-30). Fighting Russia from a distance: Inside a Ukrainian drone school. aljazeera.com As drones dominate the Russia-Ukraine war, even Ukrainians who aren't conscripts are learning how to make and fly them.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-10-30). Islamic Resistance in Iraq fighters targeted a vital site in northern occupied lands with drones. english.almanar.com.lb

newarab (2024-10-30). Erdogan says Turkey aims to have "Steel Dome" air defence system. newarab.com President Tayyip NATO member Turkey has in recent years significantly reduced its dependence on external suppliers of defence equipment. It has become a leading manufacturer of armed drones for the global market and produces much of its own defence needs at home. | Speaking at a ceremony in Ankara to inaugurate the home-ma…

Reuters (2024-10-30). Russia fires missiles to simulate 'massive' response to a nuclear attack. scmp.com Moscow has repeatedly signalled that it will respond if the West allows Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with longer-range weapons.

The Canary (2024-10-30). Labour just railroaded a secretive US-UK nuclear treaty renewal deal. thecanary.co The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) said it condemns the government's outrageous railroading through parliament of the renewal of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA), the secretive treaty that underpins the nuclear 'special relationship' between London and Washington. The MDA: under a cloak of secrecy In force since 1958, the MDA allows for the transfer […] | By

Dave DeCamp (2024-10-30). Biden Administration Overwhelmed With Reports of Israel Using Weapons To Kill Civilians but Has Not Taken Any Action. news.antiwar.com

Ramona Wadi (2024-10-30). Australia Relies on Israeli Weapons, Which Means It Now Relies on Genocide. asia-pacificresearch.com

Editor (2024-10-26). BRICS Breakthrough? Economists Richard Wolff & Patrick Bond on Growing Alliance, Challenge to US. scheerpost.com

CADTM International, Pablo Laixhay (2024-10-26). CADTM International Council | Day 1 | The polycrisis of capitalism. cadtm.org

Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. (2024-10-26). United Nations Releases New Report On Death Of Dag Hammarskjold In 1961. popularresistance.org September 18, 1961, was a significant day in the struggle surrounding the African liberation movements aimed at ending colonialism on the continent. | United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and the entire crew and passengers aboard his plane went down in Ndola located in the then British colony of Northern Rhodesia, now known as Zambia. | Although the colonial authorities claimed that the crash and subsequent deaths were the result of "pilot error", ever since this time questions have been raised over whether the crash was a deliberate act of sabotage designed to prevent a political solution to the cri…

Our Reporter (2024-10-26). UPDF Speaks Out on Road Crash in DRC. plusnews.ug The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) have spoken out on a road crash involving soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). UPDF's response comes on a picture that shows that several soldiers had perished in a road crash that occurred at Beni-Biakato road. Maj Bilal Katamba, the Public Information Officer for UPDF's Mountain Division …

The Independent (2024-10-26). UPDF speaks out on road crash in DRC. independent.co.ug North Kivu, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) have spoken out on a road crash involving soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). UPDF's response comes on a picture that shows that several soldiers had perished in a road crash that occurred at Beni-Biakato road. Maj Bilal Katamba, the Public …

WSWS (2024-10-26). Eaton workers in southern Illinois call for globally unified fight with Boeing workers: "We're small individually, but together we can become huge" wsws.org On Monday, nearly 400 Eaton workers at the Troy and Highland, Illinois, facilities went on strike and joined a global strike wave of their coworkers in the United States and in Britain.

WSWS (2024-10-26). Socialist autoworker Will Lehman's message to Boeing strikers: Build rank-and-file committees to take control of your fight from the IAM bureaucrats! wsws.org "You need organizations which you control, to transfer power from corrupt officials in bed with management to the 33,000 IAM members at Boeing, as well as the company's global workforce."

newarab (2024-10-26). Israel massacres 12 in north Gaza aid queue. newarab.com Gaza's civil defence agency said 12 people were killed Friday by Israeli drone strikes that hit a The drones struck near the "Civil defence teams retrieved 12 martyrs and several injured ind…

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-10-26). Hezbollah's Islamic Resistance drones directly hit the Tel Nof Air base south of Tel Aviv: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

ICRC (2024-10-26). ICRC congratulates Nihon Hidankyo on Nobel Peace Prize and work to ensure nuclear weapons are never used again. icrc.org

presstv.ir (2024-10-26). Poverty rife in EU amid record military spending. presstv.ir The EU spends a record amount of money on deadly weapons for Ukraine, despite growing poverty and homelessness affecting more than one in five within the bloc.